Supplier to major UK supermarkets Aldi, Tesco & Sainsbury’s hit by cyber attack with hackers ‘demanding payment’

A SUPPLIER to some of Britain's biggest supermarkets has said it is being held to ransom after being hit by a cyber attack.

The news comes just weeks after M&S was struck by a separate cyber attack.

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Peter Green Chilled has said that it is issuing "regular updates" to clients while the attack continues.

The company's clients include major supermarkets such as Tesco, Aldi and Sainsbury's.

Now, the distributor is implementing "workarounds" to continue deliveries.

However, one of its customers has said that thousands of products are at risk of going to waste.

The company announced that it had been struck by the cyber attack via an email sent on Thursday.

Peter Green Chilled has confirmed to the BBC that the attack occurred on Wednesday evening.

Its managing director, Tom Binks, has also issued an update on the situation.

He said: "The transport activities of the business have continued unaffected throughout this incident."

The firm is based near Shepton Mallet, Somerset, and specialises in transporting food to regional stores.

The news comes just a month after supermarket giant M&S battled with its own cyber attack - on the Easter weekend.

Analysts from the Bank of America projected that M&S had lost £40 million every week since the incident took place.

However, the supermarket has confirmed that "availability is now in a much more normal place with stores well stocked this weekend".

Co-op has also battled with a cyber attack, which saw attackers accessing "data relating to a significant number of our current and past members".

The company has since said that it has taken "proactive measures" to fight off the hackers and that the incident only had a "small impact" on operations.